The Great Taco Debate That Wasn’t

Growing up, our family didn’t eat tacos. Largely because we lived in a country where no one had heard of tacos (Japan in the 60s and 70s). I knew of Taco Bell. I must have eaten there the few times we visited the US during my growing-up years. Taco Bell tacos were tacos: hard shell, flavored ground beef, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, and sour cream if I felt like it. Everything else? Not a taco. I didn’t know what it was, but my certainty